Governor’s Oil Tax Giveaway Moves Despite Many Unanswered Questions
JUNEAU – Last night, the House Resources Committee passed Governor Parnell’s bill to give away around $2 billion of Alaska’s oil wealth each year despite many unanswered questions by committee members. The committee’s expedited timeline for moving the bill left only one day to hear the details of the actual bill language and two days for proposing and discussing amendments.
Read More →
Committee Hears Statewide Preschool Bill; Legislation would establish a statewide early childhood education plan
“Pre-K education has proven to pay big dividends to both students and state budgets,” said Rep. Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks). “We’re simply asking the Department of Education and Early Development to develop an education plan for bringing these benefits to Alaskans.”
Read More →
Rep. Scott Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Budget Alert, More Questions than Answers, Defending Pre-K, Advice Time for the Budget
The House Resources Committee passed Governor Parnell’s bill to give away around $2 billion of Alaska’s oil wealth each year back to big oil. I was disappointed by the Committee’s action to move the bill despite many unanswered questions. We have not heard any real evidence; the only thing the committee has heard was “anecdotal evidence”, “industry input” and “personal opinions” from administration.
Read More →
Alaska Democrats Push Federal Bureaucrats to Allow NPR-A Oil Development
JUNEAU – Today, fourteen Democratic members of the Alaska Legislature called on the Obama Administration to resolve permit issues that are delaying ConocoPhillips’ efforts to develop a new oil field in the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (NPR-A). Last year, the Army Corps of Engineers rejected Conoco’s permit application to build a bridge across the Coleville River that the company needs to access the new field just west of its Alpine oil field, the third largest in Alaska.
Read More →
Rep. Scott Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Constituent Meeting Feb. 26th
I am going home this weekend and will be hosting a constituent meeting tomorrow. Do you have kudos? Complaints? Comments? I am happy to hear all of them and carry your message back to Juneau with me!
Read More →